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HORNCHURCH & UPMINSTER ROTARY CLUB 17thANNUAL SPONSORED WALK - 4TH SEPTEMBER 2011


Mayor Cllr Melvin Wallace and President George Larkey Start the Sponsored Walk


Green Woodpeckers and Kestrels, the delightful clear waters of the Ingrebourne and wonderful panoramas down to the Thames and far off Canary Wharf and dry warm and clear weather, all contributed to a wonderful experience for the walkers.


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is worship the Mayor of Havering, Cllr Melvin Wallace: the Mayor, an


RAISING MONEY FOR ST FRANCIS HOSPICE


MAYOR SHOWS THE WAY TO HAVERING'S BEAUTIFUL COUNTRYSIDE


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n Sunday morning 4th September, Havering's Mayor Cllr Melvin


Wallace and his Consort Mrs Joan Wallace, led a group of keen walkers on Hornchurch & Upminster Rotary Club's 17th Annual Sponsored Walk in aid of St Francis Hospice. 60 or more walkers from local families willingly donated money towards helping St Francis Hospice and followed Mayor Wallace and his wife along the beautiful Ingrebourne Valley into Hornchurch Country Park, one of Ha- vering's most attractive beauty spots. Wild flowers, birds ranging from Kingfishers to


ardent supporter of St Francis Hospice he gladly helped to launch the 17th Sponsored Walk organised by the Rotary Club of Hornchurch & Upminster. The Mayor said: 'The hospice helps 600 people per day, including sending out trained staff to visit sick people in their own home. The Hospice needs all our support, and it is my (Cllr Wallace's) aim to raise enough money to purchase two vehicles for the Hospice to aid this home visiting. “I can't praise highly enough the work that Hornchurch & Upminster Rotary Club are doing today to achieve this goal. The Mayor's Consort, his wife, Mrs Joan Wallace, who also accompanied her husband to launch the Rotary Club Sponsored Walk, said, 'I like my husband - am a strong supporter of the Hospice, so, for example, together with my daughter,


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completed the Hospice's recent fund raising walk, 'Start Trek', this was around the streets of Romford at night, which raised over £50,000 to £60,000 and was attended by huge numbers of local women.


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